Znet

• Unchecked Billionaire Oligarchs Are Undermining American Democracy, Not “Godless Communists”

  Not long after the second Trump administration took office, a new power center emerged in Washington under the banner of “government efficiency.” Through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Elon Musk was handed extraordinary influence over federal agencies, and USAID became an early target, as legal challenges and reporting on DOGE’s efforts to control

• Tom Paine: Revolutionary, Abolitionist, Indigenous Ally

  “There is nothing more common than to confound the terms of the American Revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.”   1787, Benjamin Rush    

• The EU’s Fight Against Global Deforestation

  While most know that trees are important to us – people living in streets with trees live longer, for example – looking at a simple map that shows global deforestation makes one shiver. Oxford University’s Our World in Data has produced such a map: Deforestation is the deliberate destruction of the environment, often for profit.